Feb 28, 2017
The AIA Corpus Christi 2016 Design Awards Reception was held at the Art Center of Corpus Christi on Tuesday, October…
Feb 28, 2017
Eight projects were honored with Design Awards by AIA Fort Worth in 2016. The jurors, who met in October to…
Feb 28, 2017
On October 6, at an awards ceremony at the Texas Theatre, AIA Dallas announced the four projects selected to receive…
Feb 28, 2017
The banks of the Colorado River in Austin are crowded with trees — bald cypress, sycamore, cottonwood, elm, and others.…
Jan 09, 2017
in 1979, John Hejduk was visiting critic at the University of Houston College of Architecture, leading the school’s Honor Studio…
Jan 09, 2017
Architecture was the world’s first broadcast communications platform. But in the modern era, the practice largely abandoned its narrative approach…
Jan 09, 2017
On April 30, 2015, a team of architects and landscape architects assembled by the local urban strategy firm Ash+Lime implemented…
Jan 09, 2017
For the first time in its history, UT Austin has a medical school. The building that houses it — the…
Jan 06, 2017
Despite his mercurial stylistic whims, Philip Johnson’s intellectual insights were reliable. It was therefore all the more disappointing that the…
Jan 06, 2017
“Convergence” was the theme of the Texas Society of Architects’ 77th Annual Conference and Design Expo. Of the approximately 1,200…
Jan 06, 2017
The Rothko Chapel has hired New York’s Architecture Research Office (ARO) to undertake renovation and master planning efforts for the…
Jan 06, 2017
Beyond Documentation: Photography’s Role in Contemporary Architectural Production Seamless: Digital Collage and Dirty Realism in Contemporary Architecture by Jesús Vassallo…
Jan 06, 2017
On October 20 and 21, the Rubin Center in collaboration with AGENCY Architecture, with participation by Crossway Foundation and Angel…
Jan 06, 2017
Low Plains is the alias of John Redington, Assoc. AIA, a graduate architect at Clayton&Little Architects in Austin. Under this…
Jan 06, 2017
Jim Williamson has had a busy semester. As new dean of the Texas Tech University College of Architecture, he returns…
Jan 06, 2017
These interior lighting fixtures not only provide illumination but also offer designers and architects the opportunity to create statement pieces…
Jan 06, 2017
Since the 1950s, Dallas’ Valley House has served as a cultural salon for the display and contemplation of modern art,…
Jan 06, 2017
Having just completed its third consecutive year, Creek Show — a series of light-based art and architecture installations at Waller…
Jan 06, 2017
Dallas practice OFFICIAL designed the new Houndstooth Coffee and Jettison — its cocktail bar antipode — for an era in…
Jan 06, 2017
Sanders Architecture and Cravotta Interiors transform an East Austin warehouse into a dramatic and alluring spatial experience for Juniper, a…
Jan 06, 2017
The San Antonio chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 2016 Design Awards at a…
Jan 06, 2017
The Abilene chapter of the American Institute of Architects held its first-ever Design Awards competition this past summer. The jury…
Jan 06, 2017
AIA Houston recognized its 2016 Design Award winners at an awards presentation held on August 25 at the University of…
Jan 06, 2017
For about a week at the end of August 2016, the jury room of the Rice School of Architecture was…
Nov 11, 2016
The view from the pool terrace was breathtaking, a sweeping vista that took in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico —…
Nov 11, 2016
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has finally landed at Rice University. Like the flying saucer it vaguely resembles, the new…
Nov 11, 2016
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) in the Philippines is building a new visitor center designed by Richter Architects…
Nov 11, 2016
San Diego, California, is one of the few cities in the United States that has an international airport at its…
Nov 11, 2016
Nick Srnicek is a UK-based theorist and co-author, with Alex Williams, of the book “Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a…
Nov 11, 2016
Office spaces can be a lot more interactive these days thanks to a range of new products including height-adjustable table…
Nov 11, 2016
The Texas Society of Architects Studio Awards Program recognizes real or theoretical unbuilt projects that demonstrate excellence in design. Submissions…
Nov 11, 2016
Perkins+Will From the Jury: It is made out of the park, but is not afraid to be a bold piece…
Nov 11, 2016
Ricardo A. Munoz, Page, UT Arlington CAPPA From the Jury: The house is a simple, elegant solution that takes advantage…
Nov 11, 2016
WW Architecture, Houston From the Jury: The stadium doesn’t try to mimic the adjacent mountains, but operates in opposition to…
Nov 11, 2016
Lake|Flato, San Antonio From the Jury: The fluid shapes of these pavilions have been with us since the height of…
Nov 11, 2016
Zui Lig Ng, University of Houston From the Jury: We all love a dogtrot house and find the endless riffs…
Nov 10, 2016
The City of El Paso Quality of Life Bond Program, passed in 2012, has instigated a number of public projects…
Nov 10, 2016
After a five-year revitalization effort, Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park has taken its place among the city’s top public green spaces.…
Nov 10, 2016
The Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston may be the only venue in the country created specifically to provide affordable…
Nov 10, 2016
Dallas’ Fire Station 27 is designed to facilitate the speedy deployment of emergency responders, but it serves the public in…
Nov 10, 2016
Security, ventilation, and durability compose the bottom line when it comes to public restroom facilities. The Heron Creek Restroom on…
Nov 10, 2016
By the 1950s, the typewriter was ubiquitous, so it made good sense for entrepreneur Bobby Roberson to launch a typewriter…
Nov 10, 2016
Activity-based working (ABW) has been around as an idea since the 1990s, though successful implementations of it have not been…
Nov 10, 2016
Forty years ago, a few young architects in Austin riled a righteous sense of injustice in John Henneberger, and it…
Nov 09, 2016
The Texas Society of Architects announced the recipients of its 2016 Honor Awards on August 26. Honorees will be recognized…
Nov 09, 2016
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum The LBJ Presidential Library, located on the campus of The University of Texas at…
Nov 09, 2016
After building military bases and oil refineries during the Second World War, Harmon Dobson became a serial entrepreneur. He sold…
Sep 07, 2016
The building at 500 Chicon Street in East Austin has a storied past. Erected in the 1920s as a storage…
Sep 07, 2016
I got back from Marfa last night after a short visit to celebrate the formal opening of the Hotel Saint…
Sep 07, 2016
The theme of the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture, “Reporting from the Front,” frames the work of architects as a…